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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Demethylation of the Cosmc Promoter Alleviates the Progression of Breast Cancer Through Downregulation of the Tn and Sialyl-Tn Antigens

Authors Xu F, Wang D, Cui J, Li J, Jiang H

Received 5 May 2019

Accepted for publication 24 December 2019

Published 11 February 2020 Volume 2020:12 Pages 1017—1027

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S214553

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Dr Ahmet Emre Eşkazan



This paper has been retracted.

Xu F, Wang D, Cui J, Li J, Jiang H. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:1017–1027.

At the authors request, the Editor and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research wish to retract the published article. The authors stated that since publishing the original study they have determined the original cell lines described in the article were contaminated and the results are unreliable. On further follow up it was also found the authors were unable to provide the original data for their study.

The Editor agreed with the authors decision to retract the article.

Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retraction.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.

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